Frontline Partner - Sunset Office, Bilingual Cantonese

Open Door Legal • San Francisco, CA

1d • $30 • Onsite

About The Position

The key goal for the Frontline is to ensure all guests get appropriate service in a timely manner. The Frontline Partner position is the first point of contact for all current and prospective clients; thus, they are ultimately responsible for displaying our values of support and access. Overall, this position is intended for someone with a customer support, administrative, social work, or non-profit background who is looking to learn more about the law and make a difference in clients’ lives with an innovative, results-oriented, and fast-growing organization. This position will be based in our Sunset office (1722 Irving St., San Francisco, CA 94122). We are looking for a local community member who can connect residents of D1 (the Richmond), D4 (the Sunset), and D7 (West Portal) with our services. We expect this office to be specifically utilized by guests who are monolingual Cantonese-speaking, over the age of 65, have disabilities and/or are unhoused. Guests who come to see us have often experienced trauma, are deeply distraught, and commonly come to us as a last resort. We see access to the justice system as essential for alleviating poverty, preventing displacement, and ensuring justice in the community. Our Frontline Partner should be passionate about working with these communities and advocating for universal legal access. The Frontline Partner also provides essential administrative support for the organization. You will be responsible for general office management and will set up creative and efficient solutions for organizing and managing a high-volume, fast-paced workflow at our new office. Throughout all of this, you will embody our values (passion, grit, dynamic, team-oriented, and caring) and have them guide your work and the way you relate within our team and with all who enter the office. You will report directly to our Senior Frontline Attorney.

Requirements

• Daily work schedule of 8:45-5:15, plus an unpaid 30-minute meal break and two paid 15-minute rest breaks in our Sunset Office. Please note that there are no remote work options for this role.
• Bilingual in Cantonese
• Exhibits cultural humility and genuinely enjoys working with members of the community, including those experiencing trauma and/or who have mental health conditions.
• The ability to create a welcoming and enthusiastic atmosphere.
• Willing to learn basic legal concepts.
• Flexibility and ability to design new policies and systems for increased effectiveness and capacity in our new office space.
• Highly functional computer and typing skills, including a WPM greater than 45 WPM.
• Must have some experience working in an office environment.
• Must be self-directed, able to work independently, and able to solve difficult problems.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Currently lives in, or has previously lived or worked in the West Side neighborhoods of San Francisco.
• Completion of an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in social work or similar field.
• Experience working with low-income and vulnerable populations.
• Experience working with individuals with mental illness or substance use disorders.
• Experience using Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Cover the front desk Monday through Friday, from 8:45 AM to 5:15 PM, at our Sunset office location, and ensure the needs of the physical office are met.
• Assist guests with accessing our services, including scheduling their appointments and gathering documents in a trauma-informed, culturally humble manner.
• Manage the information flow coming into the office (phones, email, voicemail, text messages, faxes, physical mail, etc) to ensure everything is properly recorded, scanned, and that the right staff member receives the information in a timely manner.
• Ensure Open Door Legal is accessible to Cantonese-speaking guests, including scheduling intakes, gathering documents, and answering the Cantonese phone line.
• Coordinate with our four other Cantonese-speaking staff to provide interpretation of intakes and if possible translation (written Chinese is not required).
• Help ensure that everyone at ODL provides cultural-competent services to the AAPI community.
• Form and maintain referral relationships with other Community-Based Organizations that serve the AAPI community.

Benefits

• Loan Repayment Assistance - for staff pursuing 10-year public interest debt forgiveness, we will pay the minimum payment on all qualifying loans so that you don’t need to worry about student loan debt (this is a conditional benefit).
• Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
• Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
• Generous paid parental leave
• 401K/Retirement Account
• We believe everyone is always learning. We financially invest in individual professional development for each staff member and provide many internal and external mentorships, coaching, and learning opportunities (conferences, workshops, etc.).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees